2026-02-14 04:33 UTC
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@TorbenI@mastodon.social 2026-02-14 08:21
@contrasocial@mastodon.social @kathhayhoe@fediscience.org Zooming in on the data you are linking to, you can see that China has slowed down their emission increase
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@thegarbagebird@theblower.au 2026-02-14 08:27
@contrasocial@mastodon.social that reminds me, does the us let people count their military emissions yet? @kathhayhoe@fediscience.org
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@sherbang@chaos.social 2026-02-14 09:35
@contrasocial@mastodon.social @kathhayhoe@fediscience.org the article talks about 2024/2025 numbers. This graph ends at 2024. Also if you zoom into the last 10 years in the graph you can see that the growth is leveling off in 2024. So the data you're presenting is agreeing with the article so far as they overlap.
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@pixie@social.yesterweb.org 2026-02-14 12:02
@contrasocial@mastodon.social @kathhayhoe@fediscience.org you are not wrong, but I reckon this take is over simplistic. even in the Our World in Data you can see the per capta emissions and, and here is the important bit, the historical progression. take Europe (and the regions of Africa and others places it used to control) and the US and analise it with this question in mind: is it fair the rich countries, that got rich by exploring everything and everyone, now demands countries that are getting richer and making life for its people better to curb that because said rich countries now developed a conscience? I'm not saying we should follow the destruction method or not care for environment, I'm just pointing out the complexity. western rich countries need to be held MORE accountable. and yet, places like China and Brazil, places that were harmed by colonialism and power play for such a long time and are, now, getting richer and prosperous (I'm not talking about just numbers, I'm talking taking people from the hunger map and etc), are developing it's industries and technology I a way more green way then the western world did. China is emitting a lot os CO2 but is aware and has a huge decrease plan for it - but to develop green tech, you need traditional industrial ways first...